How It Works
Technical view
The current pan family does not rematrix the stereo field or steer one signal through a true panner matrix. Instead, it applies independent oscillator-driven gain masks to the left and right channels, with `motion` setting the oscillator rates and `mix` controlling how deeply each channel follows that amplitude motion. The declared `width` and `tone` controls are inactive, and the result then passes through the shared DC-blocking, output-gain, and soft-limiting stage.
- Stereo, Utility & Routing
- waveshaping / saturation
- delay processing
- oscillator / LFO modulation
- DC blocking
Signal Path
Compiled preview chain
Preview source: An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo with the shared 19-sample right-channel offset before each channel is amplitude-modulated by its own LFO.
- 1internal picked-string demo phrase
- 2shared stereo spread with a short right-channel delay
- 3left-channel LFO gain modulation
- 4right-channel LFO gain modulation
- 5DC blocker
- 6output gain trim
- 7final tanh limiter
Preview source
An internally generated picked-string phrase is widened to stereo with the shared 19-sample right-channel offset before each channel is amplitude-modulated by its own LFO.
Effect core
Independent left and right LFO gain modulation applied directly to the stereo preview phrase.
Signal path
The static waveform and the live player both reflect this compiled signal chain.
- internal picked-string demo phrase
- shared stereo spread with a short right-channel delay
- left-channel LFO gain modulation
- right-channel LFO gain modulation
- DC blocker
- output gain trim
- final tanh limiter
Controls that matter
These are the currently active controls detected in the FAUST source for this effect.
- mix: Crossfades or scales the current wet layer against the dry stereo preview source.
- output_gain_db: Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
- width: Declared in the shared control set but unused in the current preview code.
- motion: Sets the left and right LFO rates driving the amplitude modulation.
- tone: Declared in the shared control set but unused in the current preview code.
Code-backed analysis
The generated description is tied to the active helper blocks and routing found in the current DSP.
- demo
- fx
- outputStage
- leftDemo
- rightDemo
- leftFx
- rightFx
- phraseMono
Controls
Audible controls in this DSP
Crossfades or scales the current wet layer against the dry stereo preview source.
Higher settings make the processed layer more dominant relative to the dry phrase.
Applies final post-effect level trim after DC blocking and before the output limiter.
Matches loudness without changing the underlying effect structure.
Declared in the shared control set but unused in the current preview code.
Changing it currently has no effect on the sound.
Sets the left and right LFO rates driving the amplitude modulation.
Higher settings increase how quickly the channels sweep and pulse.
Declared in the shared control set but unused in the current preview code.
Changing it currently has no effect on the sound.
Analysis
Code-derived notes
Current implementation shares the exact same LFO gain-modulation architecture with Panner Matrix. The declared width and tone controls are inactive.
Active blocks
- demo
- fx
- outputStage
- leftDemo
- rightDemo
- leftFx
- rightFx
- phraseMono
- previewShiftSamples
- panTone
- panA
- panB
- pickedVoice
- panDepth
- fund
- pickEnv
- ampEnv
- triggerAt
- maxDelaySamples
Inactive helpers
- synthVoice
- organVoice
- bellVoice
- softsat
- quantize
- combLP
- echoOnly
- diffuser
Warnings
No current warnings are attached to this effect.
Source
- library/stereo-utility-routing/dynamic-auto-pan.dsp
- Output stage: DC blocker -> output gain trim -> final tanh limiter
- Library position: 261